Report Finds Sharp Increase in Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Across the US
ProPublica found almost 200 deaths from ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025, as delays in care rose in states with strict abortion bans.
- A ProPublica analysis reveals ectopic pregnancy deaths nearly doubled between 2020 and 2026, with 196 recorded deaths compared to 106 in the previous six-year period.
- Sharpest increases occur in states with strict abortion bans, where lawsuits allege that legal uncertainty leads some medical providers to hesitate or delay life-saving treatment.
- Data shows 13.1 deaths per 1 million live births in states with abortion bans compared to 9.8 nationwide, while patients like Kyleigh Thurman report being denied urgent care.
- Federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, have faced criticism for failing to publicly address the surge despite having access to the same data.
- University of Oxford professor Marian Knight says improved emergency training and better tracking are essential to combating these preventable maternal mortality trends.
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Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states with abortion bans
The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response.
Ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled. It’s worse in states, like Texas, with abortion bans.
After Texas banned nearly all abortions, patients have struggled to get ectopic care. More than 300 patients here experienced substantial blood loss in 2023 and 2024, compared to 2018 and 2019.
Ectopic-Related Pregnancy Deaths Are on the Rise—Especially in States Where Abortion Is Banned
Ectopic pregnancies—in which a fertilized egg develops outside the uterine wall (and often in the fallopian tubes)—are relatively treatable, occurring in about 1% to 2% of pregnancies. Yet somehow, per a new report by ProPublica, more and more women are dying because of them, in a senseless trend the outlet calls “stark and baffling.” Per state data collected by the CDC and analyzed by ProPublica, almost 200 U.S. women with ectopic pregnancies …
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The number of women who died after an ectopic pregnancy has spiked in recent years, a ProPublica analysis found. The mounting deaths in Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have drawn little scrutiny or response.Such deaths typically occur in the first trimester, after a pregnancy fails to properly implant in the uterus and begins to develop elsewhere, most commonly inside a fallopian tube. The embryo grows until it causes the organ t…
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